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ArticleCancers2021

Correlation between High PD-L1 and EMT/Invasive Genes Expression and Reduced Recurrence-Free Survival in Blood-Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer.

Maria Beatrice Morelli, Consuelo Amantini, Jacopo Adolfo Rossi de Vermandois, Marilena Gubbiotti, Antonella Giannantoni, Ettore Mearini, Federica Maggi, Massimo Nabissi, Oliviero Marinelli, Matteo Santoni and 3 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The caregiver clinical communication process model: advancing the model to support spousal cancer caregivers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  5. EMT and cancer: what clinicians should know.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2025
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  13. Circulating tumour cell isolation, analysis and clinical application.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Beatrice MorelliSchool of Pharmacy, Section of Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4614-5649
Consuelo AmantiniSchool of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.
Jacopo Adolfo Rossi de VermandoisUrologic and Andrologic Clinics, University of Perugia, 05100 Perugia, Italy.
Marilena GubbiottiDepartment of Urology, San Donato Hospital, 52100 Arezzo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3486-1226
Antonella GiannantoniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6460-6587
Ettore MeariniUrologic and Andrologic Clinics, University of Perugia, 05100 Perugia, Italy.
Federica MaggiSchool of Pharmacy, Section of Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4191-2148
Massimo NabissiSchool of Pharmacy, Section of Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0165-1385
Oliviero MarinelliSchool of Pharmacy, Section of Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5518-5303
Matteo SantoniOncology Unit, Macerata Hospital, 62100 Macerata, Italy.
Alessia CimadamoreSection of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche Region, Umberto I Hospitals, 60121 Ancona, Italy.
Rodolfo MontironiMolecular Medicine and Cell Therapy Foundation, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche Region, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3938-610X
Giorgio SantoniSchool of Pharmacy, Section of Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2757-7064
Università di Camerino · ITMarche Polytechnic University · ITUniversity of Perugia · ITOspedale di MacerataOspedale San Donato · ITUniversity of Siena · IT

Funding

Fondazione Umberto Veronesi Post-doctoral fellowship 2018-2019Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Prin 2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPD-L1 represents a crucial immune checkpoint molecule in the tumor microenvironment, identified as a key target for cancer immunotherapy. A correlation between

methodsBy ScreenCell filtration, digital droplet PCR and confocal microscopy analysis, we aimed to investigate the expression of

resultsHigher

conclusionsHigh

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CTCEMTimmunotherapyNMIBCPD-L1RFSTIMP2TWIST1

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PMID34885101
PMCPMC8656875
OpenAlexW3215750615

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